The sighting of this beauty in our garden brought back my school day memories. The Golden Beetle or "Ponn Vandu" in Tamil, is a beautifully attractive insect. As school kids, we used to flock to the "kodukapuli" (Pithecellobium dulce ) tree to catch one of these golden bugs. We used to keep the catch in a Horlicks bottle with a perforated cap or in cardboard boxes with some broken branches and leaves from the 'kodukapuli' tree. Sometimes it was carried to the school in a Match box to showoff to friends.The head resembled a warrior's armor and it can hurt your finger with a snap of its neck. Truly a regal insect !
Indeed a spectacular beauty.
ReplyDeleteBeautifully taken...
ReplyDeleteBeautiful insect, really! So many colours!
ReplyDeletebeautiful clicks!!
ReplyDeleteIt does look very regal. The pictures are amazing.
ReplyDeleteImpressionnant !
ReplyDeleteBonne année 2014 :)
Wow! That is a great find!
ReplyDeleteI would have been scared though.
Amazing and big bug!
ReplyDeleteFirst reaction!!! Yuk!!! However this insect is really beautiful in a strange sort of way!! LOL
ReplyDeleteWhat a terrific find and the insect's colors are amazing ~
ReplyDeleteIt appears your daughter is giving this bug a harsh lecture.
ReplyDeleteWow..! Recollect my childhood days when we use to rave about this regal ( apt phrase Ashok) creature..
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful insect... and very fine captures. Just as I was wondering how big it was, that last image.. which is wonderful.. popped into view.
ReplyDeletewow! great capture on it… been long time seen a pon vandu
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